Margaret R. Aukerman, BS, RHIT
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
Cell: 319-***-****
Objective: To participate in a leadership role toward the enhancement and
success of a patient centered care organization.
Employment History:
Sparrow Health System March 2013 - present
1215 E Michigan Ave HIM - Coding supervisor
Lansing, MI 48909
Supervisory functions for 39 coding staff; scheduling and payroll
functions, staff communications and liaison, productivity tracking and
documentation review. Assist coding manager with Epic EMR issues,
compliance, coding audits and staff training and education for current ICD-
9 coding and ICD-10 conversion.
Rochelle Community Hospital October 2008 - March 2013
900 N Second St. Manager of Health Information Management
Rochelle, IL 61068
Direct, Plan, Manage and organize all department functions for the Health
Information Management department including operations, coding and
transcription. Selected and directed outsource services for transcription
and coding compliance as well as temporary coding support. Served as the
HIPAA Privacy Officer, RAC Coordinator and Core team leader for the
Meditech implementation team; Admissions, Coding and HIM applications.
Responsible for the building and staff training of these Meditech
applications. Participated in revenue cycle team activities and worked
closely with the PFS manager to ensure proper reimbursement and denial
management. Project leader for ICD-10 conversion including educational
vendor selection. HIM representative on all Medical Staff Service
committees and various other organizational leadership and work group
teams.
Waverly Health Center October 2003 - April 2008
312 9th St. Health Information Management Department Manager
Waverly, IA 50679
Oversight of all HIM department operations including coding, transcription,
release of information and maintenance of the facility medical records.
Responsible for all staffing supervisory functions, Medical Record and
coding compliance, adherence to JCAHO standards and administrative
reporting. Implementation of full scale medical record scanning and
development of facility wide use of the optical records system. Planned
and organized a department move, member of the implementation team for the
McKesson EHR. Served as the HIPAA Privacy Officer, Medical Staff Committees
member with responsibility for minutes for these committee meetings. Took
on interim responsibility for Physician Credentialing and Privileging
functions.
Southwest Rehab Hospital September 1998 - October 2003
393 E Roosevelt Coordinator of the Health Information
Management Department
Battle Creek, MI 49017
Coordinated department activities including record management, work flow
and oversight of transcription and coding staff. Worked with other
department leads to ensure compliance, JCAHO readiness, and appropriate
flow of medical records and HIM reporting activities. Assisted in coding
activities and served as the organizational HIM department liaison.
Performed coding functions and records maintenance in conjunction with
these duties.
Education:
Trust HCS ICD-10 Training Completion Certificate
Sparrow Hospital Training Course Completion in April 2014
Spring Arbor University Bachelors in Healthcare Management
Spring Arbor, MI Graduation June 2002
Davenport University Associates in Allied Health - Health
Information Technology
Kalamazoo, MI Graduation June 1998
Portage Northern High school Diploma
Portage, MI Graduation June 1976
References Available Upon Request